【2017年整理】英语四级听力.doc

61.When you wish to give someone a gift it is always good to remember some of the basic rules. ___S1___ the age and sex and the length of your acquaintance as well as the ___S2___. You should know when it is ___S3___ right to give a gift of money, and when it would be ___S4___. In any case, when you receive a present, don’t ___S5___ to send a thank-you note as soon as ___S6___ can. Often people like to take with them a gift for the host’s wife of a party they have been invited to. This can be something just for the host’s wife, or something for the party, like ___S7___ or fruits, things which all may enjoy. ______________________ _______________________________S8______________________________________________. Again, you may choose something for the host’s wife alone or for the entire family. Sometimes it is not possible to return a favor as you would like to. _______ __________________S9_________________________________________________________________________. Weddings are times when gifts of money are greatly appreciated and quite acceptable. _________________________________________ ____S10__________________________________. 62. Anyone who has been in a ___S1___ country, not knowing he ___S2___, will appreciate this story, which has been ___S3___ many times in Mexico. A very shy man from Mexico once had to make a ___S4___ trip to the United States, but he knew no English. Upon his ___S5___, he told one of his friends that the bad part of his trip was that he ___S6___ nothing but coffee and ___S7___ for the entire five days. “Why?” asked the friend. “That’s all I knew.” “Didn’t you try?” ___________________________________S8_____________________________ __________________________, ‘I’ll have a steak.’ They brought him steak, potatoes, vegetables, and everything. _________________________S9___________________ She answered, going 100 kilometers per hour, “Would you like rib steak? T-bone? Porterhouse? You want it rare? Medium? A baked potato